Corrosion Resistance of Multilayer Coatings Deposited by PVD on Inconel 718 Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Technique
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Substrate Material
2.2. PVD Coating Deposition
2.3. Microstructural Characterization
2.4. Electrochemical Technique
3. Results
3.1. Morphological Analysis
3.2. Corrosion Behaviour of PVD Coatings and Substrate
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Coating |
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SU | Inconel 718 |
C1 | AlCrN/TiSiN |
C2 | AlCrN/TiCrSiN |
C3 | AlCrN/AlCrN + CrN |
Sample | EIS Parameters | ||||||||
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CPEc (F cm−2) | n1 | CPEs (F cm−2) | ndl | Re (Ω cm2) | Rpore (Ω cm2) | Rs (Ω cm2) | Error % | χ2 | |
SU | 0.000014 | 0.857 | - | - | 12.28 | 6,100,000 | - | <16.10 | 0.0036 |
C1 | 0.000086 | 0.805 | 0.000030 | 0.88 | 13.17 | 11,000 | 7,940,000 | <2.73 | 0.00061 |
C2 | 0.000024 | 0.774 | 0.000036 | 0.545 | 12.28 | 3200 | 763,000 | <5.91 | 0.000084 |
C3 | 0.000017 | 0.826 | 0.000023 | 0.696 | 12.35 | 10,000 | 9,220,000 | <4.19 | 0.00059 |
Sample | EIS Parameters | ||||||||
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CPEc (F cm−2) | n1 | CPE2 (F cm−2) | ndl | Re (Ω cm2) | Rpore (Ω cm2) | Rs (Ω cm2) | Error % | χ2 | |
SU | 0.000069 | 0.894 | - | - | 7.205 | 5968 | - | <0.56 | 0.00021 |
C1 | 0.00036 | 0.891 | 0.00036 | 0.75 | 7.292 | 1347 | 36377 | <3.08 | 0.00025 |
C2 | 0.000091 | 0.876 | 0.00075 | 0.851 | 7.976 | 1240 | 511.3 | <2.33 | 0.00067 |
C3 | 0.00020 | 0.849 | 0.0038 | 0.842 | 9.242 | 1428 | 704.7 | <1.84 | 0.00083 |
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Gaona-Tiburcio, C.; Montoya-Rangel, M.; Cabral-Miramontes, J.A.; Estupiñan-López, F.; Zambrano-Robledo, P.; Orozco Cruz, R.; Chacón-Nava, J.G.; Baltazar-Zamora, M.Á.; Almeraya-Calderón, F. Corrosion Resistance of Multilayer Coatings Deposited by PVD on Inconel 718 Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Technique. Coatings 2020, 10, 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10060521
Gaona-Tiburcio C, Montoya-Rangel M, Cabral-Miramontes JA, Estupiñan-López F, Zambrano-Robledo P, Orozco Cruz R, Chacón-Nava JG, Baltazar-Zamora MÁ, Almeraya-Calderón F. Corrosion Resistance of Multilayer Coatings Deposited by PVD on Inconel 718 Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Technique. Coatings. 2020; 10(6):521. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10060521
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaona-Tiburcio, Citlalli, Marvin Montoya-Rangel, José A. Cabral-Miramontes, Francisco Estupiñan-López, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo, Ricardo Orozco Cruz, José G. Chacón-Nava, Miguel Ángel Baltazar-Zamora, and Facundo Almeraya-Calderón. 2020. "Corrosion Resistance of Multilayer Coatings Deposited by PVD on Inconel 718 Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Technique" Coatings 10, no. 6: 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10060521